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Plans to extend the opening hours of a paintballing site in woodland near Ratby were approved.

The approval is conditional on the Delta Force Paintball site operating for no more than 150 days per calendar year and across four days a week.

Passing places may also need to be installed along the single track access route to the site, Burroughs Road, which borders the site to the north.

Objections from residents included that Delta Force “should pay a reasonable contribution towards the upkeep of the private element of Burroughs Road” and that “the road has been blocked up [in] the past due to lorries and coaches trying to access the site”.

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Ratby Parish Council objected to the application with concerns including that unauthorised development had occurred in the area, that enforcement officers failed to notice that the original approval had expired.

The council also said that a bird and other wildlife were illegally shot in the area.

Other residents’ objections included that noise levels at the site had increased on the weekends and that there is an active badger set on site, as well as newts and bird species, which are adversely affected by the paintballers.

The site is surrounded by woodlands and agricultural fields, with the nearest residential dwelling around 300 metres to the north west of the paintballing area, comprising a Grade II listed former farm complex, Old Hayes Farm.